You Don’t Gotta Have Faith

Alas it is so sad to see manifest today, but CJ Jung described why many years ago, excerpt from page 85 of "Man and His Symbols":

"The communist world, it may be noted, has one big myth. It is the time-hallowed archetypal dream of a Golden Age, where everything is provided in abundance for everyone, and a great, just, and wise chief rules over a human kindergarten. This powerful archetype in its infantile form has gripped them. We even support it by our own childishness, for our Western civilization is in the grip of the same mythology. Unconsciously, we cherish the same prejudices, hopes, and expectations. We too believe in the welfare state, in universal peace, in the equality of man, in his eternal human rights, in justice, truth, and (do not say it too loudly) in the Kingdom of God on Earth."

A reminder of why that rag is called "useless today".

Morons.

It's a totalitarian impulse on display. Sure the process of getting there is ugly, but once the all-powerful leader has his hands on the levers of society, all problems will melt away in the blast of his fearsome goodness. The killing fields were a nasty necessity, too. And Mao had to deal harshly with the deviationists, even though it was not nice to witness. Stalin really had no choice but to engage in bit of unpleasantness with the kulaks, and it was necessary for the leadership in the Senate to engage in wholesale corruption in order to usher in healthcare nirvana.

As my Dad always said, you've got to expect losses in an operation this size.

Universal health care is the greatest piece of bribery ever conceived by a government body. It's kind of like the Roman empire where the Senators sold their votes to the highest bidder. Hail, Ceaser!

Excellent letter. I would love to hear an answer to your "Why on earth..." question.

In the private sector, when I don't trust someone I can simply stop doing business with them. I don't give them more of my business. Why on earth would I want to give a politician more power over my life when I know he's crooked? Even if I like the guy in office now, I may not like the guy 10 years from now.

It's amazing that people are willing to give up this freedom. Kind of shoots count danku's theory that freedom is in our blood, doesn't it?

Depends on what you mean by freedom.

For some people the ultimate freedom means no responsibility and no consequence.
But choice comes with both of those things.

So to be free from responsibility and consequence one must give up freedom of choice.

In my opinion the govt just keeps kicking the can down the road. It has thrown around such a large amount of money at the problems that it has temporarily stabilized the economic system and at least some of the housing markets. But this comes with a lot of consequences, and the current expansion of the money supply is not sustainable because it will severely damage the value of the dollar and create a significant inflation problem in a few years. That is why I feel gold is one of the best asset classes to invest in currently given its safe haven status and that it is denominated in dollars. And here is a very interesting article on these issues Canada Gold Investing 101 on the top left of the page, which analyzes the relationship between the dollar, the gold price, and gold mining companies as a result of the Federal Reserve's easy monetary policies. I thought it was especially helpful for investors to read to get a better sense of the dynamics between the various sectors of the financial markets to improve their investment knowledge.

this, exactly this is the fundamental problem of 99,99..% of the people..

Wend: to go one's way; proceed.

Embiggens is a perfectly cromulent word.

You know what's going to be fun? Watching the black market grow in the United States.

Man, that wouldn't be possible if a REAL policy-slinging hero like DANIEL were on the case.

Think of the the research papers that will be created!

Yep. Its amazing to me how many people despise "politicians", and yet hold to the faith that a political system, made up of politiicians (and political acolytes), is the answer to their prayers.

You got it, Randy. I do not watch any of the political programs on TV or bother to read most of the pundits in print for the simple reason that no matter which side they supposedly line up on, none of them address the real problem. It is like watching doctors endless discussing symptoms yet never once acknowledging that there is a disease which is demanding mandatory cure. Discussing the symptoms is actually self defeating if that is all that is ever done.

Then I can despise left looney writers just as easily as politicians.

Here is a prime example of the disingenuous denigrating writing done by the left loonies:

"Or Republicans, whose cynical opposition has poisoned the debate and made every Senate Democrat a kingmaker?"

The looney left is lock-step in their constant and unified work to present opposition in the worst light it can be presented in, so the opposition by Republicans must be presented as cynicism because to acknowledge that it might be principled is to suggest that knuckle dragging conservatives are on the same moral level as left wing loonies........and they know that can't be true, and they will never let you think it either.